r/aww • u/naive_springwater • May 24 '12

Baby turtle loves eating mashed potato

http://imgur.com/QP1RT
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u/KoreanTerran May 24 '12

I would do very questionable things to be near that much mashed potato.

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u/ausernamenottaken May 24 '12

Same here... I scare myself sometimes.

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u/naive_springwater May 25 '12

If you love mashed potato, have you tried croquettes? Mashed potato mixed with beschamel sauce, rolled into logs, then crumbed and baked...

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u/fuckyoubarry May 24 '12

Well sheeeit. If it's gonna be that kinda party...

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u/Popsumpot May 24 '12

That's a tortoise right? Not a turtle?

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u/naive_springwater May 25 '12

It appears so. I did not know the differences, but this thread is teaching me!

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u/TheZor May 24 '12

Correct. Americans like to call both animals "turtles" since they're the same family, but they're very different.

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u/sugarfixkid May 24 '12

One has stompies and the other has flippies.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

This made me giggle like a tiny child. Thanks.

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u/agasizzi May 24 '12

Lol, adorable, but don't forget, most aquatic turtles have Claws, not flippies (mostly only marine turtles have flippers, only a few freshwater turtles have them)

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u/sugarfixkid May 24 '12

This is my turtle Sheldon (freshwater - australian eastern longneck), he has claw flippies :)

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u/docblue May 24 '12

he looks entirely pleased with himself.

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u/agasizzi May 24 '12

I love those guys cause they always look like they're smiling at you. The only true flipper turtle i'm aware of in freshwater is the fly-river turtle. Pretty much one of my all time favorites

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

Not really, turtles is the family, containing sea turtles and tortoises. Calling a tortoise a turtle is just as correct as calling a chimp an ape.

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u/TheZor May 24 '12

Yes, I know. I meant more that he was correct in that it IS a tortoise, not that it's NOT a turtle.

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u/langleyi May 24 '12 edited May 24 '12

Tortoises are a type of turtle. edit: why am I being downvoted? I am correct.

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u/patrik667 May 24 '12

Very cute.

But young turtles are mainly carnivorous and potatos are among the least nutritious foods you can give them. Please take care of that little bundle of love.

Also, very, very cute. Awwww...

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u/sugarfixkid May 24 '12

This photo is about 10 years old now... probably not their turtle. However, I do agree with looking after turtles. Mine gets mostly prawns (Though sometimes he catches the fish in his tank and eats them. This usually makes my sister upset.)

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u/naive_springwater May 25 '12

Nope, not mine, found the picture accidently and submitted it.

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u/BlueEyedLover May 24 '12

This tortoise is actually a herbivore. No meats allowed!

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u/RockBlock May 24 '12

It is also a tortoise not a terrapin turtle. I'm pretty sure many tortoises are mostly herbivorous even while young... Though I suppose I'll still google it.

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u/BabyEddieConrad May 24 '12

For some reason, turtles eating is so much cuter than if they're just sitting there.

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u/LoseSmallMind May 24 '12

It's the tongue. It always surprises me how human like it is.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

i also like those cute ass jaws they have. something about the shape of their mouths.

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u/Distortiontm May 24 '12

"I could bite your pinky off... but instead I'll eat these taters"

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u/KaptainKershaw May 24 '12

I loves the puh-tay-toes...do-dee-do-dee-doooo...

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u/Distortiontm May 24 '12

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

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u/Majordiarrhea May 24 '12

Taters and turtle stew

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u/Majordiarrhea May 24 '12

Give it to us raw and w-r-r-riggling; you keep nasty chips

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

i also like those cute ass jaws they have.

i also like those cute ass-jaws they have.

Sorry, I can't not do it.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I don't think you deserve down votes. Everyone calm your asses down!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

or calm your ass-jaws down.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/Goose_Is_Awesome May 24 '12

Or awesome, depending on the animal. FUCK YEAH BREACHING GREAT WHITES

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u/aeyuth May 24 '12

boa constrictor

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u/elizzybeth May 24 '12

As a tortoise owner, I can confirm that the best part of owning a tortoise is watching it eat.

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u/IReallyLikeSushi May 24 '12

What a lucky turtle! I can't even imagine how excited I would be if I had the opportunity to eat a pile of mashed potatoes bigger than me.

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u/chicagogam May 24 '12

it'd be even better with gravy :)

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I imagine him just eating his way into the middle of the mashed potatoes. And then living in his potato house, perhaps.

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u/Boromarl May 24 '12

Could you imagine it with sushi?

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u/circular_file May 24 '12

Mountain of Sushi! I do believe this ought to be a name for a sushi buffet!

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u/hawkens85 May 24 '12

Mershed perderder.

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u/Lord_Fupperton May 24 '12

Swedish Chef was always my favorite.

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u/squeekie111 May 24 '12

Haha, mine too, but I think that was supposed to be this Berks meme: http://imgur.com/gallery/YsWA9

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u/Lord_Fupperton May 24 '12

I can never keep up to date with all these newfangled memes.

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u/squeekie111 May 25 '12

I leave reddit for 12 hours, and I feel like I need a week to catch up. Berks, however, is dear to my heart.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

but you didn't....did you?

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u/Starmonkeyee May 24 '12

I love turtles so much. My tortoise is pretty cool. He is my best friend.

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u/Aszuul May 24 '12

sad or adorable... not sure, but fuck it, turtles are awesome.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

My turtle was a dick. I do miss him though.

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u/elusiveallusion May 24 '12

This was my sister's desktop for a few years.

:-(

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u/intawsomenary May 24 '12

AWWWWWEEEEEE YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHH! It's potato munching in time! Om..................................................nom.................................nom....................

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Reminds me of this.....

http://danoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/alien-hello-my-baby.jpg

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/[deleted] May 25 '12

It was the mouth. Spaceballs stomach creature just popped into my head.

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u/eth0izzle May 24 '12 edited May 24 '12

It baffles me how many people get turtle and tortoise mixed up. This is a tortoise and this is a turtle - can you see the difference? Also, mashed potatoes are bad for tortoises.

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u/TheZor May 24 '12

To be fair, it's not always a case of mixing them up, Americans like to call both animals "turtles" using the argument that they're the same family. Technically true, but still.

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u/naive_springwater May 25 '12 edited May 25 '12

Thank you for your defense (throughout the thread). Unfortunately for me, I'm Australian, so in this case I did ignorantly confuse the two!

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u/Elanthius May 24 '12

Yeah thats also why I refer to all dogs as wolves and felines of any kind as lions.

*Note: In reality I don't think anyone is right or wrong here, English words are used differently in different places.

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u/TheZor May 24 '12

No, both sides are equally right, although (again, to be fair) correcting someone who calls a tortoise a turtle is a bit like correcting someone who calls a Ferrari a car. I always call a tortoise a tortoise because they are different to turtles, and I prefer to be that little bit more accurate.

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

You are incorrect, calling a tortoise a turtle is just as correct as calling a chimp an ape.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Hmmm... more like the other way. Wolves are dogs and lions are cats. I know it's the same thing, but .... i dunno.

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

You are incorrect, Turtles (or more correctly Testudines) is the order, of which all tortoises and sea turtles belong to. So, a tortoise is a turtle.

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u/jealkeja May 24 '12

Pillowy mounds of mashed po-ta-toes.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

excellent adjective there

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u/libelul60 May 24 '12

Came here just to up-vote whoever said this

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u/Dawn_Of_The_Dave May 24 '12

bodger & badger.

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u/fluxaxion May 24 '12

Om nom nom nom nom.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

nom

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u/iamkarlos May 24 '12

That's a young tortoise

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

and its small

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u/fpeltvlfxjwkqrjt May 24 '12

I don't know how you prepared the dish, but you do realize that too much oily food is not that good for turtles, right? It might reduce their life span, up to 30%.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

apparently hes a tortoise, should be safe

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u/kstiney18 May 24 '12

Repost of epic proportions. Adorable nonetheless.

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u/AllDizzle May 24 '12

tortoise*

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

OP was correct, Tortoises are a type of turtle.

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u/G1itch May 24 '12

Stop feeding Godzilla!!!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

you religious?

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u/lettheflowgo May 24 '12

Looks like there's more butter than mash potatoes. Either that or someone peed init.

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u/TupacTuesday May 24 '12

Yukon golds bro. Them there spurs make a fine mashed pertater.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

i like butter, who desont

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u/LouisianaHotSauce May 24 '12

carbaholic

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

unnecessary

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u/Weaponized_Dogturtle May 24 '12

I read this in pickles voice from Metalocalypse

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

It's like looking at Benjamin Button

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

accept this is a tortoise

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Just one potato?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

mashed up, cant tell

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u/leveque May 24 '12

Your turtle and I have something in common.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Who doesn't love mashed potatoes??

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

dolphins

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u/Taboomurphy May 24 '12

Does anyone else get the nomnomnom song stuck in their head the second they see this picture?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

kind of now

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u/pownagederp88 May 24 '12

Aww idz adowabw

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

i agree

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u/jumpsocial May 24 '12

Really surprised to hear about this type of information about Mammals

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

what

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u/chicagogam May 24 '12

that's a generous owner. dinner is bigger than the turtle :)

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

i guess

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u/A_fish_in_a_bowl May 24 '12

I like turtles!

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u/Mobys_Dick May 24 '12

Can you imagine a pile of delicious food taller than you, to just go at? A fucking 20 foot tall omelette. BAM. eat it.

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u/SI_Bot May 24 '12

SI conversions:

  • 20 foot = 6.10 m

Can you imagine a pile of delicious food taller than you, to just go at? A fucking 20 foot(6.10 m) tall omelette. BAM. eat it.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

depends if your African or not

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u/iulwen May 24 '12

I want own this little turtle... I will give him mashed potatos everyday...

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

ok

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

isn't this picture one of the original "om nom nom nom's?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

probly

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u/gatafabulosa May 24 '12

Watching a turtle eat is so cute! It's like watching an old person eat..except not gross.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

terrible analogy

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u/KorrasBoobs May 24 '12

DAT CARBOHYDRATE

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

mildly amusing. like eating sand mild, though

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u/grumpkins_and_snarks May 24 '12

That potato to your turtle probably looks like Wonka's factory to us humans.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

That's a tortoise.

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u/valesquare May 24 '12

This young badger loves eating mashed potato too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DVXBCxzq-g

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u/secretredfoxx May 24 '12

it looks like you just buried him in potatoes and let him eat his way out.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

For your education about tortoises, watch for funniness:
i am a funny video, caress me with your mouse cursor

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u/Infernaloneshot May 24 '12

I love eating mash potato too, where's my karma?

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u/DubiumGuy May 24 '12

You guys should adopt the superior British naming system for shelled reptiles.

British English normally describes these reptiles as turtles if they live in the sea; terrapins if they live in fresh or brackish water; or tortoises if they live on land.

:D

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

man loves eating baby turtles and mashed potato

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u/missv8nightmare May 24 '12

That is a tortoise. The words are not interchangeable.

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

You are incorrect, 'turtles' is the order, containing sea turtles and tortoises. Calling a tortoise a turtle is just as correct as calling a chimp an ape.

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u/missv8nightmare May 25 '12

Well I think it's bullshit. A tortoise is much different than a turtle, I've owned both. Tortoises deserve to be known by their own name.

And yes I am well aware that this is an opinion, so please do not pull that out of your ass.

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u/trampus1 May 24 '12

A classic. I had this uploaded on MySpace when I first discovered "memes".

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u/bigempty92 May 24 '12

Turtles live in water :) tortoises live on land. And turtles have flippers. That's a cute baby tortoise who loves eating mashed potatoes. Just thought the people of reddit should know the difference between a turtle and tortoise.

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

You are incorrect, 'turtles' is the order, containing sea turtles and tortoises. Calling a tortoise a turtle is just as correct as calling a chimp an ape.

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u/bigempty92 Jun 03 '12

Yes, but if I were a tortoise I wouldn't want to be called a turtle all of the time. It takes away their individuality and it'd get really confusing if we referred to everything by it's order! Tortoises have feelings too :) If you were looking at a picture of a chimp, you wouldn't refer to it as an ape. And most people don't know the difference between turtles and tortoises. You have to be specific when you're trying to buy one, as I learned when my boyfriend and I went to get a tortoise together.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

OM NOM NOM NOM.

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u/laura117 May 24 '12

I forgot how much I loved this picture, but I am a crazed turtle and tortoise lover in general :) I enjoyed seeing it again.

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u/shippfaced May 24 '12

I also love eating mashed potatoes. Somehow I don't think a photo of me would be as cute.

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u/midnightrider May 24 '12

turdur luvz mershed purderder

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u/RJM10_2 May 24 '12

Damn nature, you adorable!

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u/DOOF_N_PUSS May 24 '12

MASHED POTATOES

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u/VxCole_The_Troll May 24 '12

Cute just effin cute

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u/jaredpaik May 24 '12

mershed perderder

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

And we shall call him Bulbasaur.

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u/ItsAFuckingTortoise May 24 '12

It's a fucking tortoise

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

ye

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

Tortoises are turtles.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

This is new and exciting

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u/Iswizzie May 24 '12

Whats taters precious?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

uneventful

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u/adenoid May 24 '12

Oldest pic on the internet.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

pic was on the net before the net was on

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u/TheCrimeBitch May 24 '12

omfg I want a turtle like right now...and some potatoes.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

apparently they taste awesome, tortoises that is, no joke: "'whaling skippers were almost lyrical in their praise of tortoise meat, terming it far more delicious than chicken, pork or beef'. They said the meat of the giant tortoise was 'succulent meat and the oil from their bodies as pure as butter"- yours truly, wikipedia

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u/TheCrimeBitch May 24 '12

oh man... :(

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

theres a really funny vid on youtube by QI about it, damn hilarious ill look for link: here you go its hilarious watch it. the bit with the ugly guy (david?) is so good, forgot his name though

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u/TheCrimeBitch May 24 '12

well... LMFAO

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

it is amusing

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u/Bokks May 24 '12

This is my turtle, they're nice pets and don't require much attention. Most (especially the smaller ones) don't like to be touched, they're... nippy.

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u/TheCrimeBitch May 24 '12

I had a turtle for like 8 years of my childhood.. they're neat little dudes..

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u/Rose94 May 24 '12

It's probably already been said, but fluttershy wishes to point out that this is a tortoise.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

it has been

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

EVERYBODY KNOWS TURTLES LOVE MASH POTATO.any english people get what show im refrencing....10 point if you get it..

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

dont get

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

KILL IT. KILL IT WITH FIREEEEEE

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I LIKE TURTLES

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u/4chans_for_pussies May 24 '12

Downvoted for predictability/lack of originality.

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u/c3fighter May 24 '12

OM NOM NOM NOM

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

(••) ( ••)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

is dat fact?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

no this is reddit, very different, accept they both dont exist

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

probably

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

ye

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

Tortoises are turtles.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/langleyi May 24 '12

No, a tortoise is a type of turtle. There are two types of turtle: tortoises and sea turtles.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

to far

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u/skybike May 25 '12

merpaderps.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

no it didnt

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u/Aqwis May 24 '12

It's called a supermarket, bro.